eurekapd Chapter 292: A little kid but a big kid
Chapter 292: A little kid but a big kid
As the morning light broke, Shen Youyou climbed up from the kang. Apart from the sound of chopping wood in the yard, the clatter of pots and pans, the crowing of roosters and the sparse barking of dogs in the distance were all she could hear.
"Hey, you really don't need us to go with you?"
Shen Yaya suddenly spoke, and it seemed that she woke up after hearing her noise.
"No, my three sisters and Miss Guo will go with me today. We don't need to go with many at once. If you want to go, you can go tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and take turns."
Shen Youyou quickly put on her clothes and combed her hair into a man's bun. Shen Daya, Erya, Wang Taohua, and Guo Daya also stood up.
She is going to Fang County to set up a stall today, and she brought several sisters with her because she was afraid that her brothers would not be familiar with setting up a food stall for the first time and would be in a mess.
"Girl, are you awake?"
Shen Zhiqiu's voice suddenly sounded outside the door. All the people living in this house were girls from the Nine Clans. Even if they were either sisters or nieces, it was not convenient for a man like him to come in.
"I'm up." Shen Youyou responded and walked out.
When Shen Zhiqiu saw his daughter, although he said that he was not worried about her, what parent would not worry about their child, especially since his daughter was little now. This was ancient times, an era where status determined everything. He was really worried that something might happen to his daughter.
But he really couldn't leave. At least he had to select a piece of land for building a house today. There were still many things to arrange.
"Why don't you let your mother or your grandmother go with you."
Shen Youyou knew that his father was worried, but since they had to reclaim land and build houses at the same time, no one could be idle. Besides, if he went with his father today, would he go again tomorrow?
I have to face it myself, so I refused out loud:
"No, don't worry, Dad. Didn't you say to let Brother Erhu follow us? And what about Brothers Erzhuang, Sanzhuang, and Sizhuang? They have been hunting with Grandpa Gao for so many years and are quite skilled. And did you forget that I also practice martial arts?"
Speaking of martial arts training, they delayed another day today. They made steamed cakes until the early morning last night. At this point, they had only slept for two hours at most.
"Besides, my grandma is going to lead the grandmas to make pao gao this afternoon, and my mom has to help watch my sisters make jelly. After all, this is the first time for my sisters to make it themselves, and I don't feel comfortable without someone watching over them."
Outside the yard, Erhu, Erzhuang, as well as Dabao and Erbao were already loading the truck.
The first time she went to set up a stall, Shen Youyou planned to bring her four sisters with her, and the rest would be her six brothers.
There is no need to worry about not being able to push it. The heavy ones can be pulled by a ox cart, and the simplest ones made of tables and stools can be pushed by the brothers. After all, the ox cart is full of ice and ice jelly.
However, the ice jelly and steamed cake carts require two carts to load, a total of twenty buckets. Two rubber ice bags are placed in the wooden enclosure inside each cart.
In fact, they made a total of 27 barrels yesterday, and they ate seven barrels themselves.
There is no way because there are too many people, and this is when there are a lot of ground vegetables.
Shen Youyou asked her brothers to load the bamboo steamer for the steamed cake into the car and place it on top of the jelly, then cover it with a quilt so that the steamed cake would be cool when eaten.
Everyone said in unison: "It's okay if we can't sell it, just bring it back and eat it ourselves. Don't argue with others when you get to the city."
Old Lady Hua nodded repeatedly: "Yes, the key is not to quarrel with others. You kids will suffer if you quarrel with others."
Old Man Shen also said, "Dabao, take good care of the sisters. It's ok to sell them at a lower price when we get to the city."
Master Shen followed up: "Yes, boys, you all protect your sister."
The six tall and strong brothers nodded in a simple and honest manner: "Don't worry, grandpas, if you want to bully our sister, you will have to step over our dead bodies."
When Grandpa Gao heard this, he said angrily, "What nonsense! All of you should come back here safely. Be careful when you go out. Listen to Yoyo when you have something to say. She is smarter than you."
Shen Luming may have heard the noise, and ran out with red eyes: "Sister, sister."
Shen Zhiqiu quickly went over to pick him up and coaxed him softly, "Your sister is going to earn money to buy snacks for you, so you shouldn't go along and cause trouble."
But tears were welling up in Shen Luming's eyes, and it was obvious that he really wanted to go.
Behind him was Shen Yuanbao, who kept winking at Shen Luming.
It turned out that Shen Luming was not awake, but Shen Yuanbao was awake. He wanted to follow him to the city, so he woke Shen Luming up.
She even tricked her younger brother by saying, "Brother, look, our sister is going to the county town, do you want to go?"
Shen Luming wanted to go, but he also knew that his sister was going to earn money: "But my sister can't take us with her, she has something important to do."
Shen Yuanbao chuckled: "If you keep crying, maybe I will take you with me, and then I can go with you to look after you."
Shen Youyou didn't know the twists and turns of these two little brats, otherwise she would have punished each of them by making their heads explode: "You are so young and you don't learn well. You even learned how to act and deceive people."
However, they had no idea what was going on on the first day of setting up the stall, and she couldn't take them with her even if she cried. But she didn't roll her eyes when acting, because her sister promised them that she would take them there after they were familiar with the county town.
In addition, Shen Zhiqiu also promised: "After the house is built and the land is cleared, Dad will take your mother and you two siblings to the capital city. The four of us will spend our own money to buy new clothes and shoes for you and your sister. I can't let my two good kids live like beggars all day long."
Shen Luming felt wronged and sobbed. He pressed his little face against Shen Zhiqiu's unshaven face, not minding the pricking: "I want to buy some snacks."
Shen Zhiqiu nodded: "Yes, buy some snacks and candies."
When Shen Yuanbao heard this, he thought something bad was going to happen: "What about me? I have to go with you to see the child!"
To Shen Zhiqiu's amusement: "Okay, okay, you can go too when the time comes."
The two little ones nodded repeatedly. Shen Luming sniffed and said, "Sister, don't go hungry when you go to town. Do you have money to buy yourself some food?"
Shen Youyou patted her pocket for change and said, "Don't worry. Besides, your sister is a food seller. She can't starve herself."
Shen Yuanbao also followed suit and told his sister: "Second sister, don't run around when you go there, follow me, Sister Yoyo, and don't be silly and get lost. You are not as smart as Sister Yoyo."
Shen Erya felt warm in her heart. Although her brother said that he was not smart, she also knew that her brother cared about her: "I know."
Shen Youyou rolled her eyes: "Big sister, look, at the critical moment, it is still the other person's biological sister who has to take care of it. We, the cousins, are not treated well."
Shen Daya also smiled and said to Sister Taohua: "You, my cousin, can't do that either. You have to go to the back row."
"Okay, okay, let's go."
Shen Youyou waved the whip: "Go!"
From behind, Li Jingshu shouted, "Drive slowly!"
The big yellow ox walked slowly, followed by Erhu and Erzhuang pushing another cart filled with ice jelly.
The two behind them were Dabao and Erbao, and Sanzhuang and Sizhuang were pushing carts loaded with tables, stools, bamboo chopsticks and other tools.
When Shen Youyou and the others left, they took away the concerns of the nine clans.